ZUN has just announced Touhou 17 titled 東方鬼形獣（Touhou Kikeijuu）〜 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
https://kourindou.exblog.jp/28205045/
"The animal spirits of hell are planning to control the earth with their power. We are going to get rid of them by teaming up with allied animal spirits."
Heading to hell are Reimu, Marisa, and Youmu.
It's darker than usual, it has a lot of beast elements and it's a slightly aggressive shooting game
*since the game is still under development, the image can change at anytime
It is expected to be released on this Summer's comiket (Comiket 96) (if nothing happens), and the trial version will be released on Reitaisai 16

More drawings have appeared from the outside world near the Great Hakurei Border!
As usual, I've upped the contrast on the photos to make my faint lines appear. Maybe I should just go over those lines pushing harder. Sanae is a bit out of proportion, and she's wearing a bit of a Reimu face, but I think the picture looks good. And as for Sakuya… . Actually, I've noticed a line on her apron that I forgot to erase just as I'm writing this. That's annoying.
So far, I've drawn many significant Touhou protagonists/playable characters. Reimu, Sakuya, Sanae… and yet, I can't help but feel as if I'm missing a certain, sticky fingered someone from this gallery...

Ahoy! And firstly, thanks for sitting in. It was around late 2017 when I got into arranging some Touhou remixes after listening to a remix for “Septette For The Dead Princess.” To sum it up, I mostly turn some of my favorites into Rock/Metal remixes. I know this has been done to death, and several of these tend to be overplayed on YouTube, but I wanted to give it a shot, anyway.
Now, I’ll just post all my current slew of 2hu tracks thus far. I obviously plan to make more, as I’m jamming to several tracks almost everyday. P.S: The sound quality isn’t the best since I have to resort to recording everything on my phone, so I apologize in advance for your ears’ well being.
Anyway, up first is my recent post on SoundCloud. Alice In Wonderland from Mystic Square.https://m.soundcloud.com/yoshie-shinozaki-1/alice-in-wonderland-touhou
Next is a Black Metal styled re-remix of U.N Owen Was Her? In the style of Final Savage.https://m.soundcloud.com/yoshie-shinozaki-1/final-savage-u-n-owen-was-her
This set belongs to Legacy Of Lunatic Kingdom. An Alternative Metal styler for both Pure Furies~ Whereabouts Of The Heart & Pandemonic Planet.https://m.soundcloud.com/yoshie-shinozaki-1/pure-furies-whereabouts-of-the
https://m.soundcloud.com/yoshie-shinozaki-1/pandemonic-planet-touhou-metal
https://m.soundcloud.com/yoshie-shinozaki-1/gensokyo-millennium-touhou
And that’s all for now. If you have any criticisms or suggestions, please feel free to speak your mind, and I will try my best to do much better next.
P.S.S: I’ll be posting both my latest work on the first page, and on the newest page onward to keep things current. Thank you for your time, mates!

I’d marry Meiling. Having a wife, who knows martial arts sounds really stellar. Would be nice to train with her sometime. Plus she needs more love, and what’s wrong with that?
Date Nitori. Despite how she might make me feel regarding my intelligence.(What with her being a genius, and I’m not...) Nitori could be fun to hang out with. I’d play with some of her gadgets she built. We both like cucumbers, so that’s a plus?
Sorry to the Sakuya fans. Knife-wielding chronomancers are definitely not my cup of tea to stick around with, per se. Not that I hate her. Far from it. But a hard choice had to be made.
Seiga Kaku.
Yuuka Kazami.
Satori Komeiji.

Well, to put my thoughts on these in turn . . .
1) You aren't missing much. To be frank, Zun's plots are generally excuse plots. His dialouge has some offbeat humor, but intricate plots and compelling characters simply isn't something he does. There's a reason fanmade material can have such a wide range.
2) That's unfortunate. I'ld understand if you aren't a fan of fighters or IaMP/SWRs' setup, but they are a decent look at the roster's personalities. They are part of the reason why the 6-8 cast is as popular as they are, and more consistent in fan-portrayals than some of the later ones. (I also personally prefer the older fighters to the newer ones, but that's opinion) They are not essential by any means though, just a good point of reference.
3) Understandable, given that there isn't a whole lot to gotten aside from the massive number of characters.
There are a few print works however, that are of some help. Only some help, however, as many of the one that would explore the lore are written by in-universe characters, and thus, not entirely reliable. Grimoire of Marisa and Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red are examples, the former being Marisa commenting on the Spellcard system and the magic used by others, the second being Aya's newspaper (unfortunately known for stretching the truth). Most other printworks are comedic, slice of life style. The notable exception however, is Silent Sinner in Blue, which is a fairly serious and dramatic story, which, while rather mediocre in my opinion, is probably as definitive as you can get with the 6-8 cast.
Given how loose the plot is between the games, the PC-98 is hardly essential for understanding anything in rest of the series. There are only four characters returning from that era, Reimu, Marisa, Yuuka Kazami, and Alice Margatroid. Reimu and Marisa are the same, though Marisa started as a rival working for/aprentice of one of the era's main villains; Mima. Yuuka was a villain from the fourth game, and knowing this explains Reimu's reaction to her in PoFV, the only game in which she has reapeared. Alice appeared in the fifth game, then became a reoccuring character for a while (6-11), and reversing Yuuka, knowing this explains some of Alice's behavior.
When it comes down to it, though, only a handful of characters have well-defined personalities, and the setting and lore are often frustratingly vague. A lot of what the fanbase will talk about is just commonly accepted headcanon, rather than actual "top order canon" material. Even most of the official print works aren't written by Zun, and are quite loose with established rules and knowledge about the setting (hence the usual comedic angle).

Hello!
I've never really been part of online community before, so I don't know if I'll actually post much... but oh well.
I discovered Touhou through music remixes on youtube and started playing EoSD since 2018. I haven't beaten every Touhou game I've played, but so far I've tried games 6 through 9. I wanna start 10 onwards soon.
As for my other interests, I like programming, I play Nintendo games, I'm learning Japanese (but still a complete beginner) and I occasionally cook Japanese food.
Nice to meet you, have a nice day : )

Well... for me, i read from the oldest first. but some people read differently.
wew... a wall of texts..
AND take note that the music CDs have stories in them
So yeah... if you want to start with date, there it is
if you want to start from popularity, it's either The Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth, Wild and Horned Hermit or Forbidden Scrollery.

Hello everyone, nice to meet you. I've been a big fan of Touhou and been playing the games since 2013.
I started with Touhou 6: EOSD and worked my way up.
I've played tons of the fangames and listened to tons of the soundtracks and remixes/covers over the course of my time.
Aside from Touhou, I'm also a big fan of JRPGs and Survival Horror games.
I'm hoping to try and be somewhat active in Forums or Discord as I'm kind of nervous speaking online.
If anyone wants to show me something new or teach me new strategies please do. I love learning new stuff about Touhou.
Where I'm from I'm probably the only person who likes Touhou so hopefully I'll make some good friends here.
Thanks for having me

I'm not sure I'd be as concerned with people "destroying the fandom" as I'm seeing in this thread. If people decide they don't like touhou there may be a period with some minor backlash, but over time it'll just mean a return to the quiet build of the original fandom before smash. Worst case scenario is that most people are only creating touhou content because they find it subversive to their culture, and once that changes they move onto the next thing, ala hipster effect. Most dedicated artist will still be around, memelords will still dominate the discord (based on steam chat atm, I cant really check discord on my schedule).
Fresh blood brings life & variety, not stagnation and death.

TH06: As of the 2019-02-25 build, thcrap's support now covers everything the old static patch did and more, and we now recommend it.
TH14.5: You're hosting v1.11 (from 2015) with the outdated static patch, the current version is v1.41.
TH15.5: You're hosting v1.00 (from 2017), the current version is v1.10. thcrap support and its English patch may be sort of glitched and janky, but is still widely preferred to Tasofro's attempt at an Engrish translation among the community, from what I've gathered.
TH16.5: The English patch was completely less than 48 hours after the game was released, which apparently was still too long for you to notice its existence?
Here are correct standalone packages for TH06 and TH16.5. They're only missing the BGM files, which can be supplemented from any other package for these games. (That'd be the bgm/ directory of TH06, and thbgm.dat for TH16.5.) As for TH14.5 and TH15.5, updating them to the latest official version, adding the English standalone packages, and running them a few times to get all the updates should be enough.
Lastly, I'd like to ask you assume just a bit more responsibility. Keeping track of any updates from your "suppliers" (read: ZUN/Tasofro/thpatch), at least on a sort of regular basis, should kind of be expected from a site of your size and notoriety, as well as in your own interest? We regularly get people coming to us with support issues that would not have existed if the premier Western Touhou piracy site wasn't lagging months or even years behind current developments.

Just like the title says, we create a story by posting two words at a time. For example:
Ideally, after posting, one should wait for another user to continue before making another post.
Let's start:
Everything started

This is a thread for random doodles and sketches people make.
A couple of mine:
A drawing of Reimu I did over a couple of days. It's in pencil so the image appears a bit faint, but I increased the contrast to try and make it stand out a bit more. I started this one from memory, but referred to a picture to add some of the finer details, particularly her bow.
A quick doodle of Cirno I did at the bottom of some paper I was using. Did this one fully from memory (not too difficult, Cirno is super memorable). This one's in pen so it's a lot easier to see. However it does also mean I can't erase that accidental line next to her leg...

Release Information
Type: RPG
Developer: FocasLens
Publisher: FocasLens
Release: Comiket 89, on December 30, 2015
Language: Japanese (English patch included but not installed)
AKA Gensou Ningyou Enbu - Yume no Kakera
Installation Instructions
Refer to the video at the bottom of the page, courtesy of Drunken_Flower.
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Description
This is the expansion to the popular fangame touhou puppet dance performance. It plays very similarly to the base game with the main differences being the story plays out in a slightly different order, and you have touhou 14.5 -15 puppets, which the previous game did not have.
For those who don't know anything about touhou puppet dance performance, its basically touhou in pokemon form with a few key differences, those being that the equivalent to what ivs are in pokemon are visible in TPDP, and instead of being a numerical value between 1 and 31 its a letter grade between S and E-, S being the best a stat can be and E- being the worst a stat can be. The way moves are learned and evs are gained is also significantly different, when you hit the requirements for learning a new move you can learn it through the edit screen of your puppet where you can learn a skill from the entire list of whats available to the puppet at that level, though they cost pp to learn which is gained through winning battles. You can also use pp to reinforce stats, which is basically evs except you objectively control them. Evolutions are handled in the form of style changes that every puppet has available from level 30 onward, every puppet gets the option to evolve into their extra form, or any 2 from power,speed,assist, or defense, depending on the puppet. For example, Chen past level 30 can choose to evolve into either Extra Chen,Speed Chen, or Assist Chen. You can only style change once though, the only way to reverse it is through reincarnation which is only available postgame.
https://youtu.be/uO6S2akrRes

Here’s a picture of my recent purchases. Aside from JoJo & Corpse Party, this has been my most ambitious craze. I’m missing volumes 5 & 7 for the Manga, unfortunately. Also, I’m still pissed that I had to buy another copy of my shirt.

Out of the Touhou games I've played (everything up to 11 so far (not counting some spin-offs), currently playing through 12), my favourite is definitely Imperishable Night. I too could write an essay about why I think this game is one of the best in the series (in my opinion), but that's something for another time. Admittedly, the fact that IN is also the only Touhou game that I've beaten the extra in so far probably contributes more than a little to my liking of this game and its characters.
The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil also deserves an honourable mention for being the game that got me so captivated with the franchise to begin with, plus it has a top tier soundtrack.

Release Information
Type: Simulation Game
Developer: Sisonoha
Publisher: Sisonoha
Release: Comiket 83, on December 30, 2012
Language: Japanese
Description
Set in a vast open area and without specific storyline, USC allows player to roam freely through a flat 2D world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how or when to approach objectives such as exploration, gathering resources, crafting, and combat. However, the game has two definitive objectives: survival where players have to gather natural resources and maintain their life, and creative where players can make various things such as building house, library, etc.

I'd marry Mystia, because she has a sweet singing voice and she can scare people we don't like away with her power to cause night blindness. Despite being a youkai she isn't really a cruel or dangerous person, just a bit of a prankster, and even then it's very low key, just frightening people who venture out on roads at night (actually I'd probably find doing that with her pretty entertaining, haha). I reckon she'd be quite nice once you get to know her, and tbh she's kinda cute. Plus, she likes to go out at night. I like night time too :D.
I'd date Yukari. It would be interesting to talk someone who is more or less a pseudo-goddess, and also she seems to have an unlimited supply of sake that it is apparently "90% alcohol" so we'd get drunk af XD.
I'd kill Aya. I wouldn't be able to stand being with someone who has a reputation for spreading lies and misinformation, and also she's sort of a stalker. Better she isn't there to mislead people and record information about them without their permission.
Sakuya Izayoi
Hong Meiling
Nitori Kawashiro

So I decided to share some of my Touhou animated cursors that I've been using lately with you guys, since most likely their original sources will be gone after some years like some already did. Have fun!
Also, I do not own anything, I just made a pack with a bunch of cursors that some artists from NicoNicoDouga and Pixiv have made
VirusTotal Scan:
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Depends what kind of controller you're trying to get working and also the compatibility of the software.
https://www.x360ce.com/
This is a software that emulates a 360 controller so people can use a PS4 and other controllers on windows.
Mind you, if the program has no controller support then that's a different solution I cannot help on.
Hope this helps.

The Moriya, the Yakumo, and the Komeiji
By Happy Flame Time
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_moriya_the_yakumo_and_the_komeiji
A slice of life doujin about the moriya, yakumo, and komeiji families. Each having their own part

Sorry for the inactivity, as you can see I no longer have administrative powers.
After beginning to work full-time and conflicts with other staff members I became inactive.
I'm always happy to provide recommendations though!
Together With Hekaa-Chan is one of my favourites, period. It's very cute and lighthearted.

Hello and greetings from your destitute self-appointed vice﻿-president﻿﻿ of the﻿ Doujin Manga﻿ Club﻿﻿!
I've been thinking about making a little competition lately, something simple and fresh yet stylish. The basic idea is a treasure hunt for a Touhou manga, official or otherwise, that best captures the essence of daily life in Gensokyo. Now, what do I mean by that? To put it cleanly, a manga that tells the story of one character or multiple characters going about their lives in a way that could be seen as an average day. For examples: a manga wherein Sakuya is tending to the everyday duties of being a maid at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Or a manga about Nitori trying to make a new gadget or gizmo. Or even a manga about Reimu trying to stave off her hunger pangs. Just to think of a few. Once all the submissions are gathered people would vote on which one they think best fits the theme and the winner gets bragging rights and maybe 5 bucks or something. The rules would follow as so:
1) One submission per person.
2) Each submission can only be one chapter. The length of the chapter may vary.
3) If you made a submission you must vote or else you sacrifice your right to be in the runnings
4) Can't vote for your own submission
So, who would be interested? If anything this first competition would be a trial run, see what works, see what doesn't. Laying down the groundwork for future competitions if everyone is into it.

@DreamleafI gotta admit, it’s pretty stellar how we were rooting for the opposite fighters to win that One Minute Melee. But I definitely agree, I’m glad Sakuya won.
And ja, I’ve been playing Luna Nights since it was first announced on Steam. I love how they utilize Sakuya’s Time Manipulation. I gotta get around to finishing it among an entire slew of 2hu games.(Think I got around 30 of them now?)
SA & LOLK are my personal favorites in the mainline series. The stories for both are top notch and in some areas; heartbreaking. I plan on buying LOLK when it arrives to Steam in April, along with Impossible Spell Card. Believe me, I’m on the same boat. I intend on collecting every bit of Touhou work I can find. Especially after finding out my local bookstore started selling the Forbidden Scrollery Manga.
Also I wish ya the best of luck in completing your collection, mate. Cheers!

Voting acceptance period:
Sunday, January 27, 2019, from 00:00 to Saturday, February 2 23:59
Results scheduled release date:
Schedule for preliminary report on Sunday, February 3, 2019
Guide:
(Credits goes to: https://imgur.com/a/KSac2hS )
Form main page:
http://toho-vote.info/
Then, you have to go back to the form main page, and click to the start button
http://toho-vote.info/
or directly to
http://toho-vote.info/form/
You can use this tool to automatically translate character/music/work titles:
(Credits goes to: https://twitter.com/drakeirving )
http://drakeirving.github.io/touhoudict/
You may:
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Method 2: Copypasting (Browser's console)

Release Information Publisher: Ichijinsha Writer: Zun Illustrators: Moriki Takeshi, Genji Asai, Kususaga Rin Date of Release: July 28, 2009 Type: Illustrated Reference Book
Synopsis: Marisa wants to take a few minutes to sit down and truly analyze everyone's spell cards, hoping that it will reveal some greater truths to her - or at least allow her to figure something out about where she wants to go with her own magic. Dive into the surprisingly-analytical mind of everyone's favorite not-so-"ordinary" magician as she discusses the strengths, weaknesses, and other aspects of the spell cards she's seen - even her own cards are not exempt from analysis: she provides her thoughts on her own cards as well.